Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-03

P't'CaA upon Luem, L WO dNulllODai
saw mills will soon be in operation, aud
the outlook for the coming months is in
deed cheerful.
LUMBER BUSINESS.
The mills of the place turn out monthly
o,OO0,00O feet OF sawed timber, and 300,-
600 feet of hewn for expectation. besides
1,350,OO0 cypress shingles.
a large fleet oil vessels is required to
move this lumber, which is sold IN all the
markets of the world.
The oyster industry is all important
factor in the business of the town. l..
w. Smith e. Co. put up every day
from 5000 to 5000 boxes OF canned oys-
tiers, known and justly celebrated as the
Alligator Brand" and gives employ
ment to twenty oyster smacks and sixty
''shuckers'' or openers. These are paid
DO. for each half gallon opened from the
steamed oysters in the shell. Even at
tnat price many hands earn as much as
III 20 per diem. This company Is greatly
cramped from the inadequate supply of
oysters owing to the scarcity of fisher
men and small craft. The canned oysters
are shipped even as far as Califol MIA,
Oregon and Nebraska. The writer saw
many boxes respectively marked as
above, and awaiting transportation by
sea.
The oyster beds on the coast were
greatly damaged by the cold of January,
1885. 1t will require about three years
Tor the young biValves to take the places
OF those that were destroyed.
THE SPONGE CATCH,
too, which once produced $4,000 each
season, has now dwindled down to So, 900.
Another result also of the severe cold
which destroyed this aquatic substance
to the depth of 20 feet below the surface.
Messrs. II. Rage & Sons have the entire
control of this business.
The taxable values or Apalachicola
have increased $S7.S65 during the past
twelve months. This is good showing
for so small place.
COMMERCE OF THE PORT.
From the courteous collector" j. E.
Grady, ESQ, native citizen, we learn
that for the year ending Jan. /, 1856,
there were "A arrivals of foreign ships at
Apalachicola, covering $4,000 tons, and
30 coastwise entrances with a tonnage OF
$500.
The foreign clearances were Al for the
same period, representing 1900 tons,
and coastwise clearances 81, counting
$4,000 tons. This does not include over
200 vessels that arrived and departed
coastwise, of which no official record is
preserved, as they are not required to
The amount of merchandise received
at ApalachIcOla foots up 100000 for the
past year. This is one Of the few self
sustaining Southern ports, aud ought to
be cherished and protected by the gene
raj government.
HER FORMER GREATNESS.
Mrs. NJ. Lind, an old and valued sub
scriber, declares that IN 1S47 it required
no less than twenty-three. steam boats to
do the carrying trade of Apalachicola.
In 1S49 three boats laden with cotton were
burned.
SCHOOL ADVANTAGES.
Prot. e. G.. ellison is the efficient head
of the public school. His pupils number
100, and he has two competent instruc-
tors to assist him. 1t is a mixed graded
white school, and here boys may be duly
prepared for college. The school is sup.
ported by the State appropriation and a
local tax.
VENERABLE sAvAN.
The writer paid his respects again to
DR.. Chapman, the world renowned
botanist and author. He is now 80 years
of age, but in the full possession of his
mental faculties, and stronger Physically
than many a man twenty years his
Junior. We found him hard at work, add
Ing to and almost entirely rewriting the
third edition OF bis famous volume on the
plants and fora of the South. Though in
the enjoyment of robust health, he fears
his next publ cation will be posthumous.
Miss Kate Wood, the brilliant grand
daughter of the doctor and gifted elocu-
zionist, is now reading in the "Vater
land' to delighted audiences at Berlin,
the German capital. She is a modest
Southern woman and possessed of unmis-
taxable genius.
The old hermit will probably die in his
rural sanctum.
TWO SALIENT WANTS.
Apalachicola is destined to he great
lumber mart, but needs railway facilI-
ties and better mail service. Two mails
only are received per week, and they are
ottentimes delayed by togs, high or low
waters, and other casualties incident to
river navigation.
The government has shamefully neg
lected this port, which from it's very re-
moteness has special claims upon its
fostering care. A triweekiy mail SER
vice was secured BY Congressman David
son, but, strange to say, 1t has never been
carried iato effect. The matter demands
immediate investie ation.
There is talk of a railroad to ST, An
drew's Bay when that resort herself
s'catches on" to the outer world, and an
other to Mariana, but at present they
loom up but feebly in the dim distance.
Railroad or DO railroad, however, the
writer has a soft place in his heart, and
stomach, too, for old ApalachicOla with
with its healthful breeZes, quaint belong
lngs and unparalleled fish and oysters.
NAV she obtain her rights at the hands